Enabling systems thinking to accelerate the development of senior systems engineers

Systems Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Davidz, Heidi L ^a   Nightingale, Deborah J ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Systems engineering capabilities; Systems engineering competencies; Systems engineering workforce development

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE SECTORS; AS SYSTEMS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEGREE PROGRAMS; EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FIELD STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STELLAR SYSTEMS; SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT; SURVEY DATA; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COMPETENCIES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERS; SYSTEMS THINKING; TRAINING PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; MECHANISMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SECURITY OF DATA; SPACE RESEARCH; SYSTEM THEORY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 52649175909     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20081     Document Type: Article

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